Certification Deadline: September 1st

 

Who should complete the certification form?

The Clerk, Rector, or Warden of your church should fill out the certification form online. This form is for certification and payment ONLY (registration will come later, more on that below).

What's different this year?

The certification and registration processes look a little different this year - namely, the certification form is separate from the registration form, and fees are all-inclusive (see below). Please read through everything in emails and on our website carefully. As always, we are happy to answer questions - contact our office 515-277-6165 or diocese@iowaepiscopal.org

 

 What will we need to fill out the form?

  • The number of communicants in good standing

  • The number of lay delegates your congregation is entitled to (see graphic)

  • The names and email addresses for your Lay and Clergy delegates

  • The names and email addresses for visitors and lay alternate delegates who are attending and that the church is paying for

  • For visitors you're paying for, you'll need to know whether you're paying the all-inclusive fee (which includes meals) or the programming only fee (no meals)

  • A credit card (unless you wish to send a check by mail)

 

What's the cost & what's included?

Cost:

  • $195 per delegate (all-inclusive)

  • $195 per visitor (all-inclusive) or $95 (programming only, no meals)

Note: fees are all-inclusive - there are no "add-on" options this year for other meals or activities; in addition to what's listed as included below, the all-inclusive fee helps us cover needed software, closed captioning, hotel fees, taxes, and tips, and more.

Programming Included:

  • Pre-Convention Friday Workshops

  • Pre-Convention Friday Film screening of Philadelphia 11 with Panel Discussion

  • Plenary Sessions/Convention Business

  • Saturday Banquet Program and Dance

Meals Included:

  • Lunch (Saturday October 26th)

  • Banquet Dinner (Saturday October 26th)

  • Breakfast (Sunday October 27th)

Note: meals not listed as included are on your own (i.e. pre-Convention meals of Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast)

 

Note: this certification form does NOT include hotel reservations

 

Ready? Fill out the certification form online:

Deadline for certification: September 1

After completion, a verification email will be sent to the form filler/signer. 

We encourage you to fill out the form sooner than Sept. 1, since amendments can easily be made (by e-mail from the signer of this form) up to and including the day before the Convention and payments will automatically transfer to alternate delegates replacing delegates on this form.

 

Quick list of pertinent constitution & canons

  • Certification of Communicants: Article III, Section 4 of the Constitution (Of Members of the Convention)

  • Number of Lay Delegates a Congregation is entitled to send: Article III, Section 4(a) of the Constitution

  • Electing Lay Delegates: Canon 2 (Of Lay Members of the Convention)

  • Who are Clergy Delegates: Canon 1 (Of the Clerical Members of the Convention)